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   1 [[!meta date="2013-08-01 12:00:00"]]
   2 [[!meta title="Call for testing: 0.20~rc1"]]
   3
   4 <p>You can help Tails! The first (and hopefully only) release candidate for the
   5 upcoming version 0.20 is out. Please test it and see if all works for you.</p>
   6
   7 [[!toc levels=1]]
   8
   9 <h1>How to test Tails 0.20~rc1?</h1>
  10
  11 <ol>
  12   <li>
  13     <p>
  14       <strong>Keep in mind that this is a test image.</strong> We have made sure
  15       that it is not broken in an obvious way, but it might still contain
  16       undiscovered issues.
  17     </p>
  18   </li>
  19   <li>
  20     <p>Download the ISO image and its signature:</p>
  21     <p>
  22       <a class="download-file"
  23          href="http://dl.amnesia.boum.org/tails/testing/tails-i386-0.20-rc1/tails-i386-0.20~rc1.iso"
  24       >Tails 0.20~rc1 ISO image</a>
  25     </p>
  26     <p>
  27       <a class="download-signature"
  28          href="https://tails.boum.org/torrents/files/tails-i386-0.20-rc1.iso.sig
  29 "
  30       >Tails 0.20~rc1 signature</a>
  31     </p>
  32   </li>
  33   <li>
  34     <p>
  35       [[Verify the ISO image|download#verify]].
  36     </p>
  37   </li>
  38   <li>
  39     <p>
  40       Have a look at the list of <a href="#known_issues">known issues
  41       of this release</a> and the list of [[longstanding known
  42       issues|support/known_issues]].
  43     </p>
  44   </li>
  45   <li>
  46     <p>
  47       Test wildly!
  48     </p>
  49   </li>
  50 </ol>
  51
  52 <p>If you find anything that is not working as it should, please [[report to
  53 us|doc/first_steps/bug_reporting]]! Bonus points if you check that it is not a
  54 <a href="#known_issues">known issue of this release</a> or a
  55 [[longstanding known issue|support/known_issues]].</p>
  56
  57 <h1>What's new since 0.19?</h1>
  58
  59 <ul>
  60
  61 <li>New features</li>
  62 <ul>
  63         <li><p>Linux 3.10.3-1.</p></li>
  64 </ul>
  65
  66 <li>Bugfixes</li>
  67 <ul>
  68         <li><p>Prevent Iceweasel from displaying a warning when leaving HTTPS web sites.</p></li>
  69         <li><p>Make Iceweasel use the correct, localized search engine.</p></li>
  70         <li><p>Fix Git access to https:// repositories.</p></li>
  71 </ul>
  72
  73 <li><p>Minor improvements</p></li>
  74 <ul>
  75         <li><p>Install Dasher, a predictive text entry tool.</p></li>
  76         <li><p>Add a wrapper around TrueCrypt which displays a warning about it soon being deprecated in Tails.</p></li>
  77         <li><p>Remove Pidgin libraries for all protocols but IRC and Jabber/XMPP. Many of the other protocols Pidgin support are broken in Tails and haven't got any security auditting.</p></li>
  78         <li><p>Disable the pre-defined Pidgin accounts so they do not auto-connect on Pidgin start.</p></li>
  79         <li><p>Include information about Alsa in WhisperBack reports.</p></li>
  80         <li><p>Explicitly restrict access to ptrace. While this setting was enabled by default in Debian's Linux 3.9.6-1, it will later disabled in 3.9.7-1. It's unclear what will happen next, so let's explicitly enable it ourselves.</p></li>
  81         <li><p>Do not display dialog when a message is sent in Claws Mail.</p></li>
  82 </ul>
  83
  84 <li><p>Localization</p></li>
  85 <ul>
  86         <li><p>Many translation updates all over the place.</p></li>
  87         <li><p>Merge all Tails-related POT files into one, and make use of intltoolize for better integration with Transifex.</p></li>
  88 </ul>
  89
  90 </ul>
  91
  92 <h1><a id="known_issues"></a>Known issues in 0.20~rc1</h1>
  93
  94 <ul>
  95 <li>The ISO image and signature were mistakenly named with "~rc1" (notice the tilde) instead of "-rc1", like before.</li>
  96 <li>The French translation is broken to the point that it prevents some applications from starting (like the emergency shutdown applet).</li>
  97 </ul>
  98
  99 <p>All these issues are fixed in Git and will be fixed in Tails 0.20.</p>